Job hunting in Shepton Mallet this week? The local board is looking very lorry-shaped, with driving jobs all over the shop, plus trades, care, logistics and a few nearby roles worth a look. Ideal if your CV includes Class 1, Class 2, or the ability to function before sunrise without frightening people.

Across the wider area, there are jobs ranging from care and logistics to engineering, accountancy, food production and driving. Some are full-time, some are flexible, some are permanent, and some start at times of day normally reserved for milk, bin lorries and regrettable airport transfers.

First up in Wells, Barchester is looking for a Senior Carer - Residential Care Home. This is one for someone with proper care experience, ideally with an NVQ Level 3 or Advanced Diploma in Health & Social Care, and the ability to lead a team without becoming the clipboard person everyone hides from. The role involves supporting residents, supervising care staff, helping with medication, updating care plans and liaising with GPs, district nurses and families. Human, responsible work — and not the sort where you can spend half the day pretending to understand a spreadsheet.

Also in Wells, there is a Care Assistant - Bank - Care Home role, again with Barchester. As it is a bank position, the hours and days vary, covering annual leave and sickness, which may suit someone who wants flexibility rather than a rota nailed to the fridge forever. The job involves helping residents with daily living, food and drink, companionship and all the small, important things that make care work matter.

Still with the Wells care home theme, Barchester is also hiring an Activities Assistant - Care Home. No specific experience is required, but you will need creativity, empathy and the ability to encourage people without making it feel like enforced fun at a damp office away day. Expect activities, outings, entertainment and helping residents stay connected with family, friends and the local community.

For those who prefer prep benches to care plans, Wells has a Production Operative role on a temporary-to-permanent basis. The job is in a cooking and preparation department, with duties including weighing large volumes of ingredients and hand cutting or slicing fresh ingredients, including fish and meat. So, probably not one for anyone who gets dramatic about chopping an onion.

There is also a Logistics Operative role in Wells, also listed as temporary-to-permanent. This involves stacking boxed dishes onto pallets, picking products for customer orders, scanning and locating stock on the system, keeping hygiene levels high and flagging any issues. It is the sort of behind-the-scenes job that keeps everything moving while everyone else wonders why their order has not magically appeared.

Over in Street, there is a Consumer Media Planner role based at the Clarks site. The listing notes this is the same site where Cyrus and James Clark first started making sheepskin slippers in 1825, which is about as Street as a job advert can get without mentioning school shoes. The role sits in the marketing team, working on consumer campaigns across the UK, ROI and EMEA markets.

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In Glastonbury, there is a Water Engineer (Team Leader) role. The job pays £40,000 to £45,000, with OTE listed at £56,000. It is days-based, Monday to Friday, with overtime, enhanced pay, door-to-door travel, a van, fuel card, specialist training and progression. One for someone from a water engineering background who wants a senior field-based role and is not scared off by the phrase "on the tools".

Also in Glastonbury, there is a Class 1 Driver role. The role pays £15 to £17 per hour, with ongoing work available. The listing is after reliable and professional Class 1 C+E drivers based in or around Glastonbury, with regular work, a modern fleet and equipment, and immediate starts mentioned. A decent one to inspect if you know your way around a cab and can reverse without turning it into village entertainment.

A Supervising Social Worker role is also listed for supporting carers across Somerset. It is permanent, home-based, and pays £40,000 plus an on-call allowance. The listing mentions a Good Ofsted rating, a caseload of around 10, flexible working, mileage included, 28 days' leave plus bank holidays and £150 a week for out-of-hours work. You will need Social Work England registration, a driving licence and relevant social care experience, preferably in fostering.

Shepton Mallet is very much in its driving era this week. In the Evercreech area, Prism 7 Resourcing is recruiting for an HGV Class 2 HIAB Driver. It is a permanent role with a well-established company, delivering portable showers across the UK for events and temporary shower requirements. Stable work, consistent hours and the quiet knowledge that several festivals would be noticeably worse-smelling without you.

There is also a Weekend Class 1 Driver role in Shepton Mallet. The role pays £20.25 per hour. Start times are between 3am and 7am, so this one is for experienced Class 1 C+E drivers who can cope with early mornings and earning while everyone else is still losing arguments with the snooze button. The work is regular Saturday or Sunday driving.

For weekday work, there is a Class 2 Driver - Collections & Delivery role with Pallet Networks in Shepton Mallet. The shift is Monday to Friday, with a Saturday rota that works out at around one Saturday in 10. Saturdays are paid at £20 per hour, with job-and-knock and a guaranteed minimum four hours. The job involves curtain-side vehicles and multi-drop palletised deliveries around the South West, so a calm head and decent reversing skills will help.

Over in Evercreech, Gregory Distribution is advertising a Milk Tanker Driver. This is a Class 1 ex-farm milk tanker role, working a 5 on, 3 off pattern across days and nights. Days run 6am to 4.30pm, while nights are 5pm to 3.30am. You will need a UK Class 1 CE licence, and you will be collecting fresh milk from local farms and delivering it to the dairy. Somerset in a job advert, basically.

There is also a HGV Class 2 Waste and Recycling Driver role based in Evercreech. The Staffing Network is recruiting experienced HGV Class 2 waste and recycling drivers, with Monday to Friday work, an immediate start, a signing-on bonus after a qualifying period, and new pass drivers welcome. Not glamorous, maybe, but everyone notices very quickly when this work does not happen.

For something more flexible, Shepton Mallet has a Class 1 Driver Casual role on a zero-hours contract. The work involves collecting and delivering customers' products throughout the UK using a curtain-sided trailer. It may suit someone with the licence who wants flexible shifts, though "zero hours" is always worth reading twice before getting too attached.

Holcim is also hiring a Nights Fitter in Shepton Mallet. This sits in trades and services, with Holcim working in building materials and sustainable construction. In plain English, it is one for someone who can keep machinery behaving while most people are asleep, or pretending they are not scrolling on their phone.

And finally, Hillarys has a Blinds and Curtains Installer role in Shepton Mallet. It is described as flexible, suitable for full-time or part-time, and built around working for yourself close to home. Good for someone practical, personable and able to measure windows in old Somerset houses without quietly swearing at the angles.

That is this week's local jobs crop: care homes, cabs, pallets, water works and curtain poles. For more roles — including the ones that appear, disappear and reappear like they have been left in the Glastonbury mist — keep checking the Wells, Shepton Mallet, Glastonbury and Street Nub News jobs boards.